Introduction to Belgian tourist attractions

The ancient battlefield of Waterloo, with its strong historical traces, is also known as the most beautiful small town in Europe. Exquisite buildings and beautiful and long canals are spread all over the country. Such a place is Belgium, a country that is small but full of beautiful scenery. It is a country of scenery.

Tens of thousands of tourists are attracted here every year to enjoy the scenery, architecture, and cultural landscapes here. So, the editor will give you a good introduction to Belgium's attractions!

Bruges

Bruges is known as the "Venice of the North" and the "Pearl of Flanders". It is a famous historical city in Belgium and the capital of West Flanders. provincial capital. "Bruges" means "bridge" in Flemish and was named after an ancient Roman bridge on the Rye River that flows through the city.

This ancient city retains a strong medieval style that is unmatched by other ancient European cities.

Bruges has the characteristics of a water city very similar to Venice, but it is a calm, smart and life-rich town, which is very suitable for a world of two.

The romantic atmosphere and atmosphere here always infect everyone who comes here. The beautiful and romantic love stories are still circulating today, making it one of the most famous love landmarks in Europe.

The Gothic building that has been the town hall since 1376 is one of the most famous historical buildings in Bruges. From the front of the building there are six Gothic windows and niches housing 48 statues.

The original statues in the niches were destroyed during the French Revolution, and the statues that were relocated in the 19th century have been replaced by more modern works. The walls of the Town Hall are decorated with neo-Gothic frescoes depicting major historical events in Bruges' history.

Other major ancient buildings include the 12th-century St. John's Hospital, the 13th-century Notre Dame Cathedral, the 15th-century Royal Palace site, and the 1887 Neo-Gothic postal building. During the 14th and 15th centuries, it was considered the cradle of Flemish art.

Now the city’s churches, public buildings and museums house many paintings by masters of the Bruges School such as Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling. Notre Dame also houses the "Image of the Virgin" by Michelangelo, a great sculptor and painter of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century.

There is a majestic bell tower standing on the market hall in the city center, with a carillon with 46 bells, and the sound of the bell is beautiful and sweet. In the streets and alleys of Bruges, you can see women working in front of their homes, weaving lace, tablecloths, etc., which has become a unique local scenery.

The Great Mosque of Brussels

The Great Mosque of Brussels is the oldest mosque in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. It is also the seat of the Belgian Islamic and Cultural Center. It is located in the northwest corner of the 50th Anniversary Park.

The original building of the Great Mosque of Brussels was an Arabic-style building designed by the architect Ernest Van Humbeek (Ernest

VanHumbeek), which was built in Brussels in 1880. The Oriental Pavilion of the National Exhibition.

At that time, the museum contained the hugely successful commemorative mural "Panorama

ofCairo".

However, the building declined in the 20th century due to lack of maintenance. In 1967, King Baudouin I of Belgium presented the building as a gift to King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, who was on an official visit to Belgium at the time, suggesting that it be used as a place of worship for Belgium's growing Muslim community.

As a result, the Great Mosque of Brussels was renovated with investment from Saudi Arabia and designed by Tunisian architect Boubaker. The inauguration ceremony was held in 1978. King Khalid of Saudi Arabia and King Baudouin of Belgium attended. ceremony.

Today, the mosque houses a school and an Islamic research center with the purpose of spreading the Muslim faith. The center also offers Arabic language classes for adults and children, as well as introductory courses on Islam.

Brussels Palace of Justice

The Brussels Palace of Justice (Brussels Palace of Justice) is the most important court building in Belgium and a well-known landmark in Brussels. It was built from 1866 to 1883, belonging to Eclecticismin

art, and the architect was Joseph Poelaert.

The total cost of the building, land and decoration is approximately 45 million Belgian francs. It is said to be the largest secular building built in the 19th century.

The total area of ??the Palace of Justice in Brussels is 26,000 square meters. The four corners of the dome of the building have statues symbolizing Justice, Clemency, Power and Law respectively. There are 27 large court rooms and 245 small court rooms in the building.

A large part of the interior is used for the auditorium, as well as archives and offices of law enforcement agencies. The dome of the central auditorium is 122 meters high.

It is said that Adolf Hitler admired this building very much.

In 1947, the Palace of Justice underwent large-scale restoration work, and the turret was rebuilt and raised 2.5 meters higher than the original one. In 2003, restoration work was carried out again, this time focusing on the roof and walls.

The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp

The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp (Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp) is the tallest Gothic church in Belgium. Construction started at the end of 1352 and was not completed until 1521. Although it took so long and underwent the supervision of countless architects, the entire architectural style was quite consistent and harmonious.

The most attractive part of the church is the tower, which is 123 meters high. The exquisite decoration on the tower is breathtaking.

The overall architectural appearance of the church is still well preserved. On the main entrance of the church is a 13th-century statue with the theme of Moses and John in the Bible. Although many of the colors have been mottled, its exquisiteness is still impressive today. People sighed.

The interior of the church is solemn and solemn, with medieval paintings on many stone pillars. The most famous one here is undoubtedly the Rose Window (Rose

The paintings on the windows are decorated according to different seasons and months. The formed cosmic image is the theme, which is mysterious, exquisite and beautiful.

There are many paintings with religious themes preserved in the church, including Rubens' masterpiece altar paintings "The Ascension of Jesus", "The Removal of Jesus" and "The Assumption of the Virgin".

There is a towering bell tower in the church. After walking up the 232 steps leading to the bell tower, you can overlook the majestic Alps, the sparkling Lake Leman and the entire Lausanne from the top of the tower. view. The reason why this clock tower is particularly different is that it retains the only "night vigil" custom in the world.

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium is the most important art museum in Belgium. It is located in Coudenberg, the urban area of ??Brussels, the capital. There are four museums associated with this museum, two of which (the Museum of Ancient Art and the Museum of Modern Art) are in the main building.

The other two: the Constantin Meunier Museum (Museum

Constantin Meunier) and the Antoine Wiertz Museum (Antoine Wiertz) are dedicated to Smaller museums of specific Belgian artists are located elsewhere in the city.

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium has more than 20,000 paintings, sculptures, and paintings dating from the 15th century to the present.

The museum has a rich collection of Flemish oil paintings (Flemish

paintings), including Peter Brueghel the Elder, Rochiel van der Weyden, Robert Kahn There are oil paintings by famous artists such as Bing, Anthony Van Dyck, and Jacob Jordens. The museum is also proud of its "Rubens Room", which houses more than 20 Rubens paintings.

The museum also houses the famous oil painting "The Death of Marat" created by Jacques-Louis David (Jacques-Louis

David).

Chocolate Story Museum

The Chocolate Story Museum is located in Bruges, Belgium. It tells people how cocoa beans evolved into chocolate that is widely loved by people around the world. It tells about the various advantages of Belgian chocolate and its benefits to the human body.

And the history of the building where the museum is located can be traced back to 1480. It was originally a tavern, and was later used for pastry shops, police training schools, etc., and is currently open to the public as a museum.

Whether it is students or teachers, chocolatiers or chocolate lovers, the Chocolate Story Museum is worth a visit. You can visit different exhibition halls in the museum, communicate with chocolate experts, etc.

On the first floor of the museum, you can learn about the customs, beliefs and daily life of the Mayans and Aztecs. How they made cocoa beans into daily drinks, the Spanish How it took a drink made from cocoa beans, with added sugar, to become a favorite drink of European royalty.

On the second floor, you can learn about the production of cocoa trees and cocoa beans, as well as the invention and production process of chocolate.

The third floor tells tourists why Belgian chocolate is of good quality and its various benefits to human beings. In the basement of the museum, visitors can taste pure and sweet Belgian chocolate.

Because the chocolate made in Belgium was loved by the European royal family, it was also presented to the royal family as a tribute. The museum also collects various chocolate jars as royal tributes.

The Atomium

The Atomium is located in the Hessel Heights in the northwest suburbs of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. It is one of the top ten scenic spots in Brussels and is known as the Eiffel Tower of Belgium. .

The Atomium is a monumental metal structure built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by André

Waterkeyn, it is 102 meters high and weighs 2,200 tons, including 9 A sphere with a diameter of 18 meters, and the steel pipe connecting the spheres, form a cubic crystal structure equivalent to alpha iron magnified 165 billion times.

This is a huge building with a unique shape, majestic and breathtaking. There is a fast direct elevator from the ground to the highest sphere at the top, and escalators are installed in each other sphere, so people can move freely between each sphere.

According to reports, the entire Atomium can accommodate 250 people for tours at the same time, and there is also a large restaurant that can accommodate 140 people for dining at the same time.

The sphere at the top of the Atomium is a sightseeing area dedicated to tourists to enjoy the scenery. It is about 92 meters high and is roughly on the same level as the second-floor sightseeing area of ??the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. in height.

Visitors can overlook the city of Brussels through the surrounding organic transparent glass and enjoy the charming surrounding scenery. In several other spheres, there are exhibitions focusing on atomic energy, nuclear technology, etc. Among them, the exhibition on space navigation is the most detailed and eye-catching.

Temple of Human Passion

The Temple of Human Passion is an Art Nouveau style building in the shape of a Greek temple, designed by Victor Horta

) was built in 1896 in Brussels' Cintieth Anniversary Park. Although ostensibly Classical, the building was the young Victor Horta's first step into Art Nouveau.

It was originally designed as a display case for the huge marble relief "Human Passions" by Jef

Lambeaux. But after completion, the building remained almost permanently closed.

The Temple of Human Passion designed by Horta houses the unparalleled achievement of sculptor Jeff Rambikes - the relief "Human Passion". This work revolves around the human beings dominated by death. Happiness and sin. It also shows the "passive" passions of mankind, such as war, rape, and suicide.

The relief has been the subject of controversy since the plans were announced in 1886, and although art critics were initially enthusiastic, they particularly lamented the work's lack of cohesion. Despite the controversy, the Belgian government purchased the work in 1890 for installation in the Cinquantenaire Park.

On October 1, 1899, Otta's temple was officially inaugurated, and the relief "Human Passion" was also displayed to the public. The explicit way in which Rambeix displayed male and female nudity was strongly criticized by the press, which called it a scandal.

Nudity is not the only problem: the crucified Christ is positioned below the Grim Reaper, angering conservative Belgians. The open-plan building was blocked from public view by wooden partitions just three days after its inauguration.

Paladin Mauritius Museum

The Palatine Mauritius Museum is a printing house and publishing company built during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is located in Antwerp, one of the three early printing cities in Europe, which is as famous as Paris and Venice. It is related to the invention and spread of typography.

The museum is named after Christophe Plantin, the greatest printing publisher in the second half of the 16th century. The museum is of great architectural value and contains detailed and comprehensive evidence of the life and work of Europe's most prosperous printing and publishing company in the late 16th century.

The company's buildings contain a large amount of old printing equipment, extremely valuable archives and works of art, as well as a well-stocked library.

Paladin's publications indicate that Palatine Moretus played an important role in the development of humanistic science and culture in 16th-century Europe.

Palatin’s archives, including business archives, books of business accounts and letters from some of the world’s leading scholars and humanists, serve as an integral part of the “Memory of the World” and provide first-hand insights into cultural traditions. Important information.

As a striking example of the relationship between domestic living conditions and worldly work and worldly commerce in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

The Palatine Mauritius Museum has unparalleled documentary value for significant periods in European history: the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Classical periods. The Palatine Mauritius Museum is a real combination of ideas, beliefs, technology and literature, with outstanding universal significance.

Shoes or No Shoes Museum

Shoes or No Shoes Museum (Shoes or No Shoes

Museum), usually referred to as "SONS", is located in East Flanders, Belgium. On the outskirts of Cresshotem, it has a rich collection of footwear and is the only shoe museum in Belgium.

The exterior wall of the museum building is blue-gray. It was built in 1973 and was originally used for art collection. Later, it was specially transformed for the preparation of SONS. The designer carefully considered comprehensive factors such as historical evolution and surrounding environment, and used graphite material on the entire building exterior.

This makes the shoe museum present a unique but calm and quiet temperament, which blends well with the quiet Belgian countryside style.

Those shoes that have been transformed by artistic ingenuity that you can’t imagine have transformed. They no longer just have the function of shoes, but have become pieces of art, waiting for people to ponder and appreciate-don’t you? Can we still call them "shoes"?

Thus, the name of this shoe museum came into being: Shoes or Not Shoes Museum (Shoes

OrNo

Shoes).

Stepping into the artist gallery on the first floor of the Shoes or Not Shoes Museum, those interesting works are lying in the open exhibition booths with different postures. The white high-ceiling exhibition hall gives these works full self-expression. space for interpretation.

Relying on the three parts of the Artist Hall, the Folklore Hall and the Design Master Hall, SONS has made a comprehensive review of shoes, an ordinary thing that is inseparable from our daily lives.

However, SONS is not limited to this. On the one hand, they encourage and are willing to allow artists who are full of artistic ideals to display their works in SONS; on the other hand, they use the shoes of different countries and nations as their starting point. , incorporating the promotion of diverse cultures around the world as a mission.

Is it just shoes? Is it just shoes? SONS gave the best answer at this level.

Whether it is the artwork here, the historical buildings here, the city castles, or the museums you can see everywhere, they all highlight the history, humanity and culture of this place. If you love Culture and history, then you must come here once.